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Saga of Growth
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The Association is Born - 1939
The Indian textile industry, started in 1850s, was still in a primitive, craft stage
till 1930s. Little formal education, rule of thumb solutions to problems, secrecy
by mills and isolation of technicians were rampant. Some small groups like Saturday
Textile Club of Bombay and Textile Brotherhood at Ahmedabad existed on a small local
scale. Ten visionary technocrats brought 126 technicians and managers together on
Sunday, the 9th April 1939 to establish the Textile Association (India); a forum
for free exchange of technical and other information in a spirit of fellowship and
cooperation.
House Magazine Started -1940
The need to give publicity to activities of TAI, to convey happenings in the industry,
to give summary of important articles was fulfilled by starting Textile Digest'.
Early features were employment opportUnities, readers' page, open forum etc. The
TD soon became a textile darling, a proud possession of every member.
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Annual Conferences Begin 1944
An idea mooted in 1943, fructified in 1944, in the form of a conference to foster
closer liaison and fellowship between members and to start a forum for exchange
of views on vital issues related to the textile industry. An exhibition was also
organised where indigenous machinery parts were exhibited. This twin affair was
such a grand success that it was made into a major annual event which also served
the admirable purpose of raising funds for TAI activities.
Professional Qualifications Start - 1945
The awards of Associateship and Fellowship by application were started to recognise
acquired capability of technical and managerial kind in Indian textile mills.
Book Publication Taken UP - 1964
Three books were commissioned and published during the Silver Jubilee. 'Indian Cotton
Textile Industry - an Economic Analysis'by
- Indian Cotton Textile Industry - an Economic Analysis Dr. D. S. Mehta
- The Cotton Mills of India, 1854 - 1954 P. N. Joshi
- Technical Development in Textile Industry - a Compendium
The Steady Growth of UnitS 1944 - 1997
As the word of TAI activities spread across the country, many other textile centres
than Mumbai wished to start similar activities. The migration of experienced technicians
from Mumbai also helped. A post of Liaison Officer was created and efforts made
bore good fruit: 11 branches - later called Units - were established in just one
decade till 1953. By 1997 almost all textile centres had been covered through 27
Units.
Some of The Many to Whom We Owe Our Gratitude
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First Editors Publishers |
Conference Pioneers |
New Ideaters |
Book Makers |
The Expansionists |
Exhibition |
G.N. Vaidya
N.V. Ullal
T.G. Chowdhary
P.V. S. lyengar
P.N.Joshi |
G.N. Vaidya
Nandulal Mehta
Dr. Nazir Ahmed
Dr. Venkataraman
J.J. Randeri |
Dr. Nazir Ahmed
J.P. Shrivastav
Nandulal Mehta
G.N. Vaidya
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N.V. Ullal
B.B.Joshi
G.N. Vaidya
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J.J. Randeri
Nandulal Mehta
N.V Ullal
G.K. Ved
K.M. Patel
B.A. Shah
M.K. Mehra |
D.B. Katrak |
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